Water, Soap, Aluminum Foil and Wax.

[Vmass]

 

[spyug]

What a transformation. I think you just put $1000 back into the value of that bike

 

[GateKeeper]

You have some mighty fine PhotoShopping skills.........

Just kidding....bike looks great

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[harley10]

Question what did or whats the purpose of aluminun foil just wondering , and that is a very nice bike , Brian

 

[bccap]

OK I'll bite. What was the aluminum foil for ???

 

[spyug]

Cleaning off the rust.

 

[bccap]

Thanks. It appears to do an excellent job.

 

[Vmass]

The aluminum foil is a quick and inexpensive way to remove the rust from chrome.

Simply take a piece and crumple it a bit, wet the surface and gently rub.

You will quickly feel the surface getting smoother. Follow it with a good waxing.

 

[tkent02]

Very very nice. How does it run?

 

[Nessism]

Bike looks great. Nice work.

Caution to anyone reading this though about the aluminum foil trick: it will remove rust but will also scratch the chrome. Don't ask me how I learned this. Turtle Wax chrome cleaner is safer, but more work. Choose your weapon carefully.

 

[Vmass]

Very very nice. How does it run?

It runs ok........needs a little fine tuning. I haven't touched it in quite a while, until this weekend. I just replaced the points, condenser and plugs and now have to time it.

Steve was here last year and we rebuilt the carbs and played with it a bit.

My 17 year old (senior in high school) son looked at it this weekend and said " I would like to take that to college ". So.......... I have to find him a college with a ground level dorm or an elevator. You know what I mean?

 

[Vmass]

Bike looks great. Nice work.

Caution to anyone reading this though about the aluminum foil trick: it will remove rust but will also scratch the chrome. Don't ask me how I learned this. Turtle Wax chrome cleaner is safer, but more work. Choose your weapon carefully.

Interesting........ I didn't see any scratching at all. However, we are talking 40 year old chrome here, so maybe I was not being too critical.

The transformation was well worth the risk, in my case.

As Nessism stated " Choose your weapon carefully"

I make no guarantees that the above stated process will work for your specific task. I can tell you that no puppies were harmed during this process.

 

[will61310]

I've had good luck with 000 steel wool for removing rust without scratching the chrome.

 

[nvr2old]

That's a beautiful 450 vmass. That's one to get running right, and then leave it alone. Survivors like that are pretty rare in that kind of condition.

I've heard for years of people using aluminum foil on chrome, but always found that SOS (specifically) pads work really well, with no chance of scratching. Looks like your parts turned out nice, so no harm, no foul, eh..?

 

[Andrew Vanis]

Interesting........ I didn't see any scratching at all.

I don't know, looks like it took all the chrome off the rear rack / backrest.

 

[Vmass]

That's a beautiful 450 vmass. That's one to get running right, and then leave it alone. Survivors like that are pretty rare in that kind of condition.

I've heard for years of people using aluminum foil on chrome, but always found that SOS (specifically) pads work really well, with no chance of scratching. Looks like your parts turned out nice, so no harm, no foul, eh..?

I agree, this is one that is so original (I even sent the air in the tires back to Japan for verification), that it should stay original.

I heard about the aluminum foil on this site..........to be honest, scratching the chrome never even crossed my mind. If I remember correctly, I read that the aluminum was too soft to scratch the chrome....so I just went for it. I started with the exhaust, putting a coat of wax on before moving to the next part.

I will proceed with a little more caution in the future.

 

[Vmass]

I don't know, looks like it took all the chrome off the rear rack / backrest.

It had to go, the thing is big enough to carry luggage for a family of 4!!

 

[Kiwi Canuck]

Very nice

Very nice

Very awesome job, noticed the front brake lever, M/C and mirror are missing.

Waiting on a rebuild kit?

 

[JEEPRUSTY]

Interesting........ I didn't see any scratching at all. However, we are talking 40 year old chrome here, so maybe I was not being too critical.

The transformation was well worth the risk, in my case.

As Nessism stated " Choose your weapon carefully"

I make no guarantees that the above stated process will work for your specific task. I can tell you that no puppies were harmed during this process.

Aluminum foil scratches Chrome.

 

[chuck hahn]

I like just some chrome polish and 000 grade steel wool. No scratching yet plenty of derusting power.